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Electronic Research


EXERCISE:
Look up your school on your favorite search engine.
Who are the Principal & Vice Princpals? Did it get things right?

Search Engines
  • SINGLE SEARCH
    • Google
    • Ask Jeeves
    • Yahoo
    • Alta Vista
  • META-SEARCH
    • Dogpile.com
    • Search.com

Limitations
  • ACCURACY _ do you believe wikipedia? - vandalism or outdated info
  • TOO MUCH - ranked from "best" to "lesser" relevance - be discerning
  • BIAS
  • COMMERCIAL

Solutions
  • SPELLING
  • KEY WORDS
    • Put most IMPORTANT words first
  • QUOTES
    • Put appropriate phases or names in quotes to "bind them" together
  • TRUNCATE
    • Only type in the START of a word - ie "rocket" as opposed to "rockets" or "rocketry"
  • BOOLEANS
    • AND OR NOT
    • Keyword first, then a + or minus in front of secondary words will either include or disclude results